The actor, who played Tracy Jordan’s gentle bodyguard in 80 episodes of the beloved comedy, died in his sleep after years of health problems

Grizz Chapman, best known for his role as Grizz on the hit comedy 30 Rock, has died aged 52.

His cousin, the Harlem Globetrotter Donte Harrison, confirmed Chapman’s death on social media on Saturday.

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Russia’s deadly attack condemned across Europe; Macron warns Belarusian leader Lukashenko to stay out of the war, source says. What we know on day 1,552

Russia’s latest attacks against Ukraine, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy said involved an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, showed “reckless nuclear-brinkmanship”, the EU’s foreign policy chief said. “Russia hit a dead-end on the battlefield, so it terrorizes Ukraine with deliberate strikes on city centres. These are abhorrent acts of terror meant to kill as many civilians as possible,” Kaja Kallas wrote on X. “Moscow reportedly using Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles – systems designed to carry nuclear warheads – is a political scare tactic and reckless nuclear brinkmanship,” Kallas said.

Russia has now used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile three times in strikes on Ukraine, writes Jennifer Rankin. The massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed at least four people and injured about 100. “They are genuinely deranged,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram, describing Moscow’s latest strikes, which he said had hit Kyiv the hardest.

The head of the World Health Organization said its offices in Kyiv had been damaged by debris from Russian strikes, “damaging windows on the third floor”. “This building is home to many UN agencies besides WHO. No one got injured,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.

The German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, joined the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in condemning the latest Russian attacks and described the use of an Oreshnik ballistic missile as “another escalation”. The UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, said: “Moscow’s escalating assault on Ukrainian civilians betrays its weakness.” Cooper described scenes from Kyiv as “awful”.

Macron has warned the Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, a key Russian ally, against any involvement in Moscow’s war against Ukraine, a source close to the French president said. The warning was made during the first reported phone call between the two leaders since the early days of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, partly launched from Belarusian territory. Macron “stressed the risks for Belarus of allowing itself to be drawn into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine”, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. “He also urged Alexander Lukashenko to take the necessary steps to improve relations between Belarus and Europe,” the source added, according to Agence France-Presse.

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• Semi-final interrupted after ‘code red’ activated for first time

• Photographer in stable condition after being taken to hospital

The World Surf League event in New Zealand was abruptly halted on finals day after a photographer was bitten by a sea creature.

The photographer was attacked just before 8.30am while documenting the men’s semi-finals at the New Zealand Pro, held near Raglan on the west coast of the North Island. The competition was halted 10 minutes in and Brazilian surfers Yago Dora and Italo Ferreira were extracted from the water on jet skis.

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Phoronix reports on a presentation about trying FreeBSD on modern Framework laptop from last week's Open Source Summit hosted by the Linux Foundation:

With FreeBSD having worked on improving its laptop support over the past two years with some big changes and ongoing efforts for making a nice KDE desktop experience on FreeBSD, FreeBSD Foundation's Executive Director has been trying to daily drive FreeBSD on laptops...

With the Framework Laptop, the touchscreen "just worked" as did other basic functionality from the KDE desktop on FreeBSD, including peripherals like a wireless mouse. Among the challenges were Zoom failing for video calls but eventually working, the web camera took steps to enable, and Microsoft Teams only partially worked. With the help of online resources, ultimately she was able to succeed in her journey of running FreeBSD daily on a laptop.

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Kimi Antonelli has extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship after winning the Canadian Grand Prix, with Mercedes team mate George Russell forced to retire with a power unit issue.

George Russell was left dismayed by his sudden mid-race retirement following a dramatic battle with team mate Kimi Antonelli.

They're black, white and very cute. But not all gentoo penguins are the same. Gentoo penguins were thought to be a standalone species, but a new study says there are four distinct species — and it could lead to better conservation plans. (Antarctica)

BARINAS (ANP) - In de stad Barinas in het westen van Venezuela hebben honderden gedetineerden zondag een gevangenis overgenomen. Ze protesteerden tegen marteling en eisten het ontslag van de gevangenisdirecteur.

Het protest vond plaats op het dak van de gevangenis, waar de gedetineerden matrassen en lakens in brand hadden gestoken. Volgens een verslaggever van persbureau AFP riepen de gedetineerden: "Geen marteling meer!". Ook waren spandoeken te zien met "SOS" en "Ze martelen ons".

Het Observatorium voor Venezolaanse Gevangenissen, een lokale ngo, deelde een video op X waarin een gevangene zegt: "We willen gerechtigheid. Ze schieten op ons, de bewakers en bewaarders".

De gevangenis werd omringd door agenten met schilden. Familieleden van de gedetineerden hadden zich bij de gevangenis verzameld.

Activisten waarschuwen al jaren voor de slechte omstandigheden in Venezolaanse gevangenissen.

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